Midstua

Posted on February 18, 2013February 18, 2013 Posted in HobbiesTagged "Nikon 24-70 f/2.8G ED-IF AF-S", "Nikon D800", black and white, holtefjell, Midstua, Monochrome, Norway, snow, winter1 Comment

Midstua, a photo by Davidap2009 on Flickr.

Our starting Point for yesterdays snowshoe trek

The Hunter in Winter

Posted on February 17, 2013February 17, 2013 Posted in Hobbies, PeopleTagged "Nikon 24-70 f/2.8G ED-IF AF-S", "Nikon D800", black and white, blackandwhite., d800, holtefjell, hunting, Monochrome, nikon, Norway, snow, winter2 Comments

Today I have been out snowshoeing with a mate. Checking traps and generally having a fun time. I thought I’d share a shot I took .

Wheelchair in the corner

Posted on February 16, 2013February 16, 2013 Posted in UrbExTagged abandoned, black and white, creepy, derelict, leica, Leica Summicron 50mm f2.0 Ver III, Monochrome, MP, rangefinder, urbex, wheelchair4 Comments

Wheelchair in the corner, a photo by Davidap2009 on Flickr.

Another wheelchair in the same hospital. I took this shot on my first visit here. I love the paint peel in the background.I added a vignette for effect.

Electric Chair

Posted on February 15, 2013February 15, 2013 Posted in UrbExTagged abandoned, black and white, creepy, derelict, leica, Monochrome, MP, Nikkor 20mm f2.8, novoflex, spooky, urbex, wheelchair5 Comments

Electric Chair 2, a photo by Davidap2009 on Flickr.

One of my favourite subjects besides people.I love to photograph dereliction and abandoned places and things or Urban exploration as it is better known.
This is one of my favourites from a series I did over two visits to a local abandoned psychiatric hospital. I’ll share some more soon.
Picture wise this was taken with a tripod mounted Leica MP with a 20mm Nikkor 20mm lens via a Novoflex adapter using Ilford XP2 .The negative was scanned on my Epson V700

The Salt Merchant

Posted on February 14, 2013February 14, 2013 Posted in Hobbies, PeopleTagged Borrre, Fuji 160s, leica, man, MP, Norway, rangefinder, salt, Summilux 35mm f1.4 asph, viking4 Comments

The Salt Merchant, a photo by Davidap2009 on Flickr.

Just to show that I do take the occasional colour shot I offer you to start one of my favourite casual portrait shots taken at a local Viking market. This wonderful Danish Gentleman was selling smoked salt.I asked if I could take his picture and this was the result. As the market is only every other year I had to wait two years to give him a print.

The Norwegian Tempo Club III

Posted on February 13, 2013February 13, 2013 Posted in Hobbies, People, TransportTagged 120, 6x6, black and white, caffenol-c, hobby, kodak, moped, Norway, nostalgia, square, T-Max, tempo, TLR, transport, Yashica-cLeave a comment

The Norwegian Tempo Club III, a photo by Davidap2009 on Flickr.

I was asked to take a couple of shots of some colleagues on one of their annual outings with the Norsk Tempo Klubb
The Tempo is a Norwegian moped from around the 60’s.
This shot (my personal favourite from this quick shoot)was taken using my 1958 Yashica-C TLR from the same period as the mopeds (And some of the owners) What supprised me was the amount Of fine detail there is in this shot. The film I used was Kodak T-max 100 asa which I developed in Caffenol -C with a reduced soda recipe using only 40g per litre instead of 54g. for 14mins at 20℃. The negatives were scanned on my Epson V700 using Silverfast SW.

I’m planning a page to explain for beginners how to use Caffenol. There are many fine sites on the web but this will be a basic “How I did it” article. So stay tuned

Emily@f1.4

Posted on February 12, 2013February 12, 2013 Posted in PeopleTagged black and white, candid, girl, Kodak BW400NC, Leica Summilux 50mm f1.4 ASPH, MP2 Comments

Emily @f1.4, a photo by Davidap2009 on Flickr.

This was taken two years ago . My daughter has to suffer when I buy a new lens. This is one I took of her by the window in her bedroom with no other lighting.I used my then New Summilux 50mm f1.4 wide open.

Emily Laughs

Posted on February 11, 2013February 11, 2013 Posted in PeopleTagged black and white, candid, girl, leica, Leica Summicron 50mm f2.0 Ver III, MP8 Comments

Emily Laughs (Explored), a photo by Davidap2009 on Flickr.

My Favourite model.
My now 16 year old daughter Emily. This was taken in natural light on Ilford Xp2

The Reader

Posted on February 10, 2013February 10, 2013 Posted in PeopleTagged black and white, candid, leica, Leica Summilux 50mm f1.4 ASPH, MP, reading, XP26 Comments

The Reader (Explored), a photo by Davidap2009 on Flickr.

One of my all time favourite shots Taken a while back while having lunch in Bergen.
I took the shot between the shoulders of the two friends sitting opposite me. I love the way the light fell on her hair and hand.